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Surf and Mountains

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June 27th 2007
7 am is very early to catch a shuttle, especially when you don't even have a ticket for the train! I managed to catch the second shuttle to the station since there were suddenly 30 backpackers waiting for the free shuttle. I booked one of the last seats on the TranzAlpine, the ONLY way to cross the Southern Alps. It was 4 hours from Christchurch to Greymouth through cow and sheep dotted paddoc ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Hokitika

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more